Totally broken, deep in grief over his father's death.
How does one help such a man? What words can I use to ease his sufferings? He is heart-broken, I talked to him giving him some politically correct comfort of 'that's how life is' - truisms, and there was not much more to do. My heart cried out for him.
All that because he had expressedly declared that '... but it is scientifically proven that god does not exist...'
He knows where I stand: I offered him my helping hand, invited him to seek me whenever he wants to cry.
Oh, how I want people like him to understand, to accept, to see ...
A Psalm of David.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
(Psa 23:1-6)
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I understand your heart crying out for this man, and you're right to say that nothing can now be done about his father. (Obviously, you wouldn't say that to him!) But perhaps the Lord is going to use your silent but loving witness to help this man to have the scales taken from his eyes. As someone said on MinTheGap, it's not always what we say that matters, but who we are in Christ. Mel Menzies, Author of: A Painful Post Mortem (the story of my daughter's death).
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